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EU to issue climate warning, target CO2 loopholesBy : sustainabilityo..., Mar 9, 2010
BRUSSELS - Loopholes in the United Nations climate treaties could actually amount to an increase in global climate-warming emissions and the chance to rein in temperatures may be slipping away, a draft European Union report showed. “Optimistic assessments...indicate... Read more.. |
Will India formally associate with Copenhagen accord again?By : sustainabilityo..., Mar 7, 2010
NEW DELHI: India’s presence in the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon’s high level advisory panel on climate change finance appears to indicate New Delhi’s move towards formally associating with the Copenhagen Accord. Government sources close to the... Read more.. |
Pachauri-led UN climate panel to face inquiry on reportBy : sustainabilityo..., Feb 26, 2010
Indian scientist R K Pachauri-led UN panel on climate change will face an independent international review after a series of allegations of errors in its report on global warming hit its credibility. Environment and Climate ministers, who held a closed door meeting in... Read more.. Subject Tags: Technology , United Nations |
U.N. Climate Chief ResignsBy : sustainabilityo..., Feb 19, 2010
The sense of disarray in the global effort to address climate change deepened Thursday with the resignation of Yvo de Boer, the stolid Dutch bureaucrat who led the international climate change negotiations over four tumultuous years. His departure, which takes effect... Read more.. |
EU agrees to make lowest climate offer to U.N.By : sustainabilityo..., Jan 28, 2010
The European Union has decided to stick to its lowest offer for cutting carbon emissions under a U.N climate accord, but will maintain a conditional pledge to do more if others follow suit, EU diplomats said on Wednesday. Their comments after EU ambassadors met in... Read more.. |
India readies tough response to UNBy : sustainabilityo..., Jan 18, 2010
Irked by letters written in bad faith by the UN secretary general and the Danish PM on the Copenhagen Accord, the government has finalized a robust response. The two had written a joint letter to the government and the Danish PM had also written a separate letter. The two... Read more.. Subject Tags: United Nations |
Little hope for last day of UN climate summitBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 18, 2009
Hopes for the last day of UN climate talks Friday were raised by a US pledge to a climate finance fund, but leaders still warned of failure amid debate on sharing the burden of carbon-emissions cuts. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton brightened a grim summit mood... Read more.. Subject Tags: Business , Disaster , Entertainment , Environment , Health , Politics , Social Issues , Technology , United Nations , United States |
African protest hits U.N. climate talks in last weekBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 15, 2009
A protest by African nations accusing the rich of doing too little to cut greenhouse gas emissions slowed U.N. climate talks on Monday just four days before world leaders are due to forge a deal in Copenhagen. African nations agreed to allow talks to restart in a... Read more.. |
Green fund to be proposed at UN climate talksBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 9, 2009
Four nations will propose a "green fund" on Wednesday to try to break deadlock on ways to raise and manage billions of dollars at the UN climate talks in Copenhagen, delegates said. Britain, Australia, Mexico and Norway would outline ideas in a document for raising... Read more.. Subject Tags: United Nations |
UN climate head eyes Copenhagen aid dealBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 3, 2009
The UN climate chief voiced optimism Wednesday that the upcoming Copenhagen summit will offer immediate aid for developing nations but urged rich states also to chart out long-term help. Yvo de Boer, executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change... Read more.. |